Whooping it up without me

First Simply New smuggles their two week run of Things You Shouldn't Say Past Midnight smack into the middle of my vacation, which means I won't see two of my favorite fellas onstage together for the first time since we all left Baylin. I'm not quite mad enough to break into spontaneous song, but I'm not happy, either.

Then, as if that weren't enough, Appleseed goes and plans a clean-up slash mass-mailing party for this Saturday, the very day I leave town! To a girl like me, who's been patiently awaiting the resurgence of husking bees for the last ten years, this lost opportunity to take part in a communal-style chore is no small one.

Well, knitting got cool again, didn't it?

But in the event that you're free that day, I attach the following letter I received this week from The Appleseed folks...

This coming Saturday, August 11, at 10am, Appleseed invites you to come to either:

A General Clean-Up Day, or

2) A Folding & Stuffing Party!

What are those, you ask?

First of all, as usually happens after a season of doing 8 shows, our backstage, back room, and Clubhouse get a bit out of sorts. So we like to take a day towards the end of the summer to put things back into sorts! So, if you like to clean things, have a strong back (to lift the heavy stuff), then the General Clean-Up Day is for you.

Second, it's time to get our 2007-08 season brochure in the mail, and with almost 1,000 pieces going out, that's a lot of folding and stuffing to be done. There are four pieces that need to be folded and then those, plus a magnet, need to be stuffed into each envelope. The address labels then need to be stuck on the envelopes, which then need to be sealed. Lots of work to do, and if Jon has to do it by himself, the mailing should be ready somewhere around Halloween...okay, maybe Labor Day, but still! So if you like to fold, stuff, and stick, the the Folding & Stuffing Party is where you want to be.

As stated above, both events will start at 10am and continue until all the cleaning, sorting, folding, stuffing, labelling, and sealing is finished. There will even be some coffee and donuts (at least for the early birds)!

Please don't think we're asking you to stay the entire time (although if you can, you're more than welcome to do so). Come when you can and stay until you have to leave. Hopefully, we'll get enough volunteers rotating throughout that we'll get everything done before lunch! Okay, maybe that's a bit optimistic, but one can always dream, right?

If you would like to RVSP, that would be great, but don't feel you must - we won't turn away your help if you show up unannounced!

Hope to see you here.

- Jon Wilson, Artistic Director

- Linda Lance, Chair

- William Edward White, Technical Coordinator

PS- Appleseed is in need of two 6 ft wooden ladders for our production of OUR TOWN. They don't really sell the woodens ones anymore, so we need to borrow them. If you or anyone you know has one (or two) that we could borrow from now until the end of September, please let Jon Wilson know. (jonwilson@appleseedproductions.org)